No author given — Dr. Ward's Vegetable Asthmatic Pills, Small Broadside Advertisement

Boston, Issued by Thomas Hollis, Druggist and Chemist. Unbound. no date, perhaps circa 1830s. D. Hooton, printer. Printed on single side only. Approximately 12 by 8 ½ inches. Decorative floral border framing text printed in bold type and regular, and in varying sizes. "To the Public" in large bold type across the top. A piece advertising for sale Dr. Ward's Vegetable Asthmatic Pills, promoting their benefits for coughs, colds, Whooping Cough, etc. With directions for use. The 'Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform' mentions this piece (record 1739) as perhaps being published in the 1830s, printed in three formats, with two being identical and another bearing slightly differing text than this. FAIR/GOOD condition. Triangular piece MISSING from the lower left corner, approximately 2 by 3 inches, slightly affecting the corner of the border. Minor tearing and chipping along the extremities. Uneven toning. Minor soiling. Some wrinkling and creasing. Fair .